For Bassett, an Oscar and Emmy nominee whose credits include the films “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” and the Fox series “9-1-1,” playing Ramonda has offered a further opportunity to apply the same skills she brought to those projects, whether she finds herself in an over-the-top action sequence or delivering two emotionally charged monologues.
